Tesla Crash
A woman sued Tesla in Santa Clara County Court, claiming a Tesla X car on autopilot accelerated and veered left as she followed it on US 101, ricocheting off the median structure and smashing into her car at 65 mph.
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NTSB: Driver in Fatal Tesla Crash Was Playing Video Game
The National Transportation Safety Board says the driver of a Tesla SUV who died in a Silicon Valley crash two years ago was playing a video game on his smartphone at the time.
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Planners Envision an Electric Highway Future
The U.S. interstate highway system covers 800,000 acres which are “doing nothing but holding up concrete,” an electric-vehicle advocate said at a “Transportation Revolution” symposium Tuesday, envisioning highways lined with solar panels delivering power directly to autonomous semitrucks.
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3 Crashes, 3 Deaths Linked to Tesla’s Autopilot
Three crashes involving Teslas that killed three people have increased scrutiny of the company’s Autopilot driving system just months before CEO Elon Musk plans to put fully self-driving cars on the streets.
Read moreJudge Expands Injunction in Self-Driving Car Trade-Secrets Case
A federal judge tipped his hand on how he views a case involving corporate espionage in the hypercompetitive industry of self-driving cars. In short, he thinks something foul is afoot.
Read moreSelf-Driving Car Secrets, Theft, China and Shadow Companies Feature in Hearing
As companies jockey for position in the race to be the first to bring a fully capable autonomous-vehicle software program to market, two contestants battled it out in San Jose federal court on Thursday.
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Tesla Was on Autopilot in Crash With Firetruck
The National Transportation Safety Board says the driver of a Tesla that slammed into a firetruck near Los Angeles last year was using the car’s Autopilot system when a vehicle in front of him changed lanes and he didn’t have time to react.
Read moreEx-Waymo Engineer Charged in Theft of Driverless Car Secrets
A federal grand jury in California has indicted the former head of Uber’s self-driving vehicle initiative on charges of stealing Google technology and siphoning it to the ride-hail giant, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Read moreAirbus Is Ready for Pilotless Jets — But Is the World?
The chief salesman for Airbus says his company already has the technology to fly passenger planes without pilots — and is working on winning over regulators and travelers to the idea.
Read moreSelf-Driving Trade Secrets Front and Center at Hearing on Thursday
A federal judge appeared inclined Thursday to let a case involving the theft of self-driving technology trade secrets move forward.
Read moreFord Motors Cuts 7,000 Management Jobs
Ford Motors revealed details of its long-awaited restructuring plan Monday as it prepared for a future of electric and autonomous vehicles by parting ways with 7,000 white-collar workers worldwide, about 10% of its global salaried workforce.
Read moreTesla Was on Autopilot in Fatal Crash
A Tesla Model 3 involved in a fatal crash with a semitrailer in Florida on March 1 was operating on the company’s semi-autonomous Autopilot system, federal investigators have determined.
Read moreTesla Gears Up for Fully Self-Driving Cars Amid Skepticism
Tesla expects to have full self-driving cars in which humans won’t have to touch the steering wheel around the second quarter of next year.
Read moreJudge Orders Return of Self-Driving Trade Secrets
The race to develop reliable self-driving technology is thick with plots, betrayal and general intrigue as a recent injunction in a Silicon Valley trade secrets case shows.
Read moreEx-Apple Worker Charged in Scheme to Take Self-Driving Secrets to China
A former Apple employee faces 10 years in prison on charges he stole self-driving car technology from his employer to benefit a Chinese company.
Read moreJapan’s SoftBank to Sink $2.25B Into GM Autonomous Car Unit
The Japanese technology conglomerate SoftBank will spend $2.25 billion for a nearly a 20 percent stake in General Motors’ autonomous vehicle unit.
Read moreTesla Ready to Settle Claims Over Autopilot Troubles
Electric automaker Tesla says it has reached a settlement with buyers of its Model S and Model X cars who claimed the vehicles’ autopilot function was dangerous and unusable.
Read moreNTSB: Backup Brakes Off in Self-Driving Collision With Pedestrian
An Uber self-driving test car that fatally struck a pedestrian in Tempe, Arizona, earlier this year was equipped with radar and navigation sensors, but emergency brakes that would have kicked on before the collision were turned off, a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board revealed Thursday.
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Self-Driving Cars Alone Are No Answer, Experts Warn
A Ford Motors expert on self-driving cars said Tuesday that the advent of autonomous vehicles could exacerbate traffic congestion and pollution unless the cars are electric and people share rides.
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